AJ Styles and John Cena battled multiple times throughout 2016 and ended their rivalry in a classic bout for the WWE Championship at the 2017 Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.
During a recent appearance on The Halftime Show, Styles revealed that he was surprised by Cena’s understanding of the dynamics of wrestling and said some of his best matches were against the leader of the Cenation. He said,
“I’ve had a lot of tough opponents throughout my career. I will say that a guy that surprised me with how good he was in the ring would be John Cena. John is not known for being a technical mastermind in the ring, but he’s pretty good. I had some of my better matches against this guy. I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into, there’s a little bit of everything. I had no idea. That’s one of those things where I had a lot to learn. Some guys may not look the part, but they definitely…. His mind for how everything needs to work and transition-wise. He’s just good. He knows what he’s doing. It’s one of those things were you thought, ‘I’m the superior wrestler in the ring,’ but once you get in there with John Cena, you realize, ‘Well, okay, I didn’t know that. Let’s keep going.’ He’s pretty good.”
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